Combination razor and hair trimmer



March 4, 1952 J. A. OGATTY 2,588,033

COMBINATION RAZOR AND HAIR TRIMMER Filed May 28, 1949 i I I3 I? 23 I 2 HI l7 12 \\16 14 12 24 1e 17\ x v 3 I 4111 IN VEN TOR.

div/'11:; H. D 'GH Ty 4 T TORNE Patented Mar. 4, 1952 UNITED" STATESPATENT OFFICE COMBINATION RAZOR AND HAIR TRIMMER James A. OGatty, LosAngeles, Calif.

Application May 28, 1949, Serial No. 96,030

2 Claims. 30--31) This invention relates to a combination razor and hairtrimmer.

A general object of the invention is to provide, in a single implement,a structure which can be advantageously used for shaving, for closehaircutting and for medium or relatively long haircutting.

A more specific object is to provide an improved mounting means for adouble-edged razor blade so that one edge thereof may be used in shavingand the opposite edge in hair-cutting.

Another specific object is to provide an improved mounting means for adouble-edged razor blade whereby a cover member may be attached to theimplement in either of two positions thus adapting the implement for useeither for haircutting or shaving, "while in a single adjusted position.

Yet another specific object is to provide a razor blade guard platefurnished with improved guard teeth.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention will hereinafterappear.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferredembodiment of the invention,

side or face thereof opposite to its handle, the blade having beenadjusted for making a close hair-cut.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the handle being shownin elevation with a part thereof broken out to contract the length ofthe v1ew.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 4, just above the mounted blade,a fragment of which is broken out to disclose underlying structure.

Fig. 4 is a section on the same plane as Fig. 2, but shows the deviceadjusted so that one side thereof may be used to make a long hair-cutand the opposite side for shaving. In this view also, part of the handleis broken out to contract the length of the view.

Fig. 5 is a top perspective view of the cover plate.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view looking at the inner face of the guardplate.

Fig. 7 is a section on line 1-1 of Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the main parts of the implement arethe guard member It, the handle II, cover plate I2 and the doubleedgedcutting blade l3 held in place between said guard member and coverplate. Said guard member is shown as an approximately rectangular plate,having a length considerably greater than its breadth.

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the device looking at the Said handle, shown asa short rod, has a diametrically reduced, screw-threaded applicator endportion or stem M which, when the parts are assembled always projectsthrough a hole l5 in the mid-length portion of said guard member ID, theprojecting portion of said stem being screwed either into a bore It orbore [1 through said cover plate 12. When said stem is screwed into thebore I! the right side of the implement as viewed in Fig. 4 is usablefor shaving and the left side for making long hair-cuts; and when saidstem is screwed into the bore It the left side of the implement asviewed in Fig. 2 is usable for hair trimming while its right hand sideis not usable either for shaving or hair-cutting. It is to be understoodthat, in each instance, said stem passes through the cut-out I8 of theaforesaid conven tional double-edged razor blade I3.

' Owing to its diametrically reduced portion [4 the handle I I isprovided with an annular clamping shoulder Ids around the base of saidportion IA. The aforesaid transversely spaced apart bores l5 and I!through the cover plate l2 provide for the handle stem 14 an attachingmeans which efficiently guards against mal-adjusting the handle at anypoint intermediate the two operative positions thereof shown in thedrawing, and

correct transverse adjustment will be maintained even though the screweddown handle happens to loosen during the use of the implement.

As shown in Fig. 6 the aforesaid guard member I0 has a pair of ribs [9projecting from its inner face which fit into the widened slot portions2| of the conventional razor blade shown, the outer portions of saidribs projecting into recesses 22 provided for them in the flat innerface of the cover member I2, which has a convex outer face. Saidrecesses consist of grooves considerably longer than said ribs so as notto interfere with mounting the cover plate either in the position shownin Fig. 2 or in Fig. 4.

Said cover member is provided along one of its side edges with a seriesof long, triangular guard teeth 23 for use in trimming hair, and alongits opposite side with a moderately sharp edge 24 which, when theimplement is adjusted as shown in Fig. 4, cooperates with the adjacent,underlying edge portion of the guard member I ll to form the propershaving angle, said underlying edge portion having a series of steppedteeth 25. Each of said teeth 25 may be described as having a short basalportion 2511 which extends across the entire thickness or" the guardmember ill, and a longer point portion 251) which is spaced away fromthe mounted razor blade. Or, it may be said that the toothed side of theguard member It has 3 a series of parallel ribs 25a extendingtransversely across it and that each of these ribs carries a tooth 25bprojecting from that end portion of the rib which is farthest from themounted razor blade. As viewed in Fig. 4, each tooth 25 has a basal sideflush with the lower face of the guard member ID, each tooth beingtapered to a blunt point by reason of having a downwardly inclined upperedge 25c, said inclined edge outwardly diverging from the adjacent faceof the blade. The broken line 21 on Fig. 4 makes an angle ofapproximately sixty degrees with the mounted razor blade, indicating theinclination of said blade in relation to the surface being shaved. Saidline passes across the adjacent edge of the cover plate andsubstantially through the outer ends of the guard teeth 25.

In Fig. 2 the guard plate is shown having at 29, a side, beveled atabout forty-five degrees, directed toward the hair 30 that is being cut.Said hair is wedged into compact bunches in the triangular spacesbetween said teeth.

In making both of the aforesaid adjustments of the cover plate l2 therazor blade and underlying guard plate remain undisturbed in theirnormal position in relation to the handle of the implement. Hence itwill be observed that adjusting the device from a shaving to ahaircutting position, and vice versa is a simpler, more quicklyperformed operation than in devices wherein the adjusting operationrequires handling not only the cover plate but one or more of theunderlying structures.

I claim:

1. In a hair cutting and shaving implement, an approximately rectangularguard plate having a length considerably greater than its breadth andhaving a hole through its mid-length portion considerably spaced awayfrom both its long sides, a handle member consisting of a short rodhaving a diametrically reduced end portion forming a stem with aresulting clamping shoulder at the juncture of said reduced portion withthe remainder of the handle, said reduced portion being screw-threadedand long enough to project considerably through said hole in said guardplate when one face of the latter is abutted against said shoulder, anda cover plate usable to clamp a conventional double-edged razor bladebetween itself and said guard plate, said cover plate having through itsmid-length portion two transversely spaced apart screw-threaded bores tohave selectively screwed into them the aforesaid stem of said handleafter said stem has been projected through both the hole in the guardplate and the cut-out part of a razor blade, the edge portions of saidtwo plates being so contoured and positioned that in the assembledimplement they may be used to perform a plurality of hair cutting orshaving operations which vary according to which of the two holes insaid cover plate has screwed into it said stem of said handle, both ofsaid cover plate adjustments being effected while the razor blade andguard plate remain undisturbed in their normal position relative to thehandle.

2. In a hair-cutting and shaving implement, an approximately rectangularguard plate having a length considerably greater than its breadth andhaving a hole through its mid-length portion considerably spaced awayfrom its long sides, a handle member consisting of a short rod having adiametrically reduced end portion forming a stem with a resultingclamping shoulder at the juncture of said reduced portion with theremainder of the handle, said reduced portion being long enough toproject considerably through said hole in said guard plate when one faceof the latter is abutted against said shoulder, and a cover plate usableto clamp a conventional double-edged razor blade between itself and saidguard plate, said cover plate having through its mid-length portion twotransversely spaced apart bores within either of which said stem of saidhandle is securable after said stem has been projected through both thehole in said guard plate and the cut out part of a razor blade, the edgeportions of said two plates being so contoured and positioned that theymay be used in the assembled implement to perform a plurality ofhaircutting or shaving operations which vary according to which of thetwo holes in said cover plate is selected to have secured within it saidstem of said handle, both adjustments being effected while the razorblade and guard plate remain undisturbed in their normal positionrelative to the handle.

JAMES A. OGATTY.

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